Window cleaning device



Aug. 29, 1933. A. B. HALSEY WINDOW CLEANING DEVICE Filed April 29, 1932Patented Aug. 29, 1933 WINDOW cLEAurNc nnvroE Ande Belles Halsey, NewYork, n. Y. Application April 29, 1932. Serial Flo/608,186

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in window cleaning devices.

One of the objects of the invention resides in a window cleaning deviceby which the outside of the lass panes of upper and lower sliding sashesof a w dow may be cleaned without requiring a p"s0n sitting or standinupon the outside of window sill, which relieves the person of the dangerof falling during a window cleaning operation.

Another feature of the invention to provide a window cleaning implementembodying a flexible handle providet with a head on one end thereof, andmeans for quickly interchanging wet and dry cleaning cloths therewith.

A further object is the provision of a window cleaning implement whichmay be captively connected to the of the user to prevent the accidentaldropping of the implement when in use should the user loos his or hergrip thereon.

A still further feature is to provide a window cleaning device which issimple of construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and easy to use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thecertain novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated inthesecompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a window showing myinvention in use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the window cleaning device per se withthe cleaning cloth removed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail side elevational view of the head withparts broken away, and shown in section.

Figure 4 is a detail pespective view of the head end of the implementwith the frame and clamping element separated.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10designates my improved window cleaning implement in its entirety whichincludes broadly a handle 11 which carries an enlarged head 12 on oneend thereof.

The handle 11 is constructed of stiff resilient wire, and is formed of asingle piece of material looped midway between its ends to provide apair of spaced parallel arms l313, which arms are joined by cross pieces14 which bridge the space between the arms for the purpose of preventingthe arms from spreading and to provide grip portions for the hand of theuser. The cross pieces (c1. m zes) 14 are arranged in spaced relationalong the length of the armsl3.

The free ends of the arms 13 are fixedly connectedto a wire frame 15which is rectangular in configuration and constructed of wire. The frame15 constitutes part of the head 12 and associated therewith is a smallerframe 1601 a corresponding shapeas the-frame 15 and is connected to theframe 15 at the corners by angular connecting members 17, the angles ofwhich extend inward. 65, Covering the frame 16 and fitting against theconnecting members 17 is a wire mesh screen 18, the

free edges of which are bent inwardly around the frame 15 as best seenin Figure 3 of the drawing. The wire screen 18 by following the shape ofthe connecting members 17 provides a channel or groove 19 around thehead 12 for a purpose to be presently explained. l Associated with thehead 12 is a clamping member 20 which is constructed'of a single lengthof resilient wire bent into rectangular configuration to conform to thegeneral shape of the head 12. The clamping member 20 is normally .of asize lessthan the size of the smaller frame 16 of the head to requirethe spreading of the clamping member in order to pass the same over thehead 12 when it is desired to clamp a cleaning cloth upon the said head.The clamping member 20 as before stated is formed from a single lengthof wire bent midway between its ends and which is formed with an eye 21to which one end of a flexible chain 22 connects, the opposite end ofthe said chain being fixedly connected to one of the cross pieces 14 ofthe handle 11.

Tied to one of the cross pieces 14 is one end of a flexible cord 23, theopposite end being looped and tied to provide a sliding notch 24 whichprovides an adjustable wrist or arm loop 25.

In practice, either a wet or dry cloth such as shown in Figure 3 by thenumeral 26 is placed over the screen of the head 12 so that the edges ofthe cloth embrace the sides of the head and are received in the channelor groove 19 extending therearound. After the cloth has thus beenpositioned, the clamping member 20 is expanded over the head and whenreleased, is seated within the channel 19 to securely grip or clamp thecloth 26 in position which stretches the cloth 26 taut across the outerfiat face of the head 12.

In Figure 1 of the drawing I have illustrated my invention in usewherein A designates the upper sash of a window, and B the inner sash,which are slidably mounted in the usual window frameC. The operator bystanding upon a chair or like platform may reach out over the top of theupper sash when the same has been lowered so that the wiping head of theimplement may be moved over the outer surface of the glass pane. Beforegrasping the handle 11, the operator first passes his or her wristthrough the loop in order to captively connect the implement to the armof the user to avoid accidental dropping of the implement in the eventthat the handle should he accidentally released.

After the outer surface of the glass of the upper sash has been cleaned,the same may be raised to its closed position and the lower sash movedupwardly and as shown in Figure l. The operator may insert the implementbetween the space provided between the glass panes of the upper andlower sashes in order that the cleaning head may be brought into wipingcontact with the outer surface of the glass pane of the lower sash. Itwill of course be understood that a wet cloth 26 is first associatedwith the head of the implement to loosen the dirt upon the glass pane,after which the moist cloth may be removed and a dry one substitutedtherefor which allows the drying of the glass panes.

interchangeable with respect to the head of the implement during thecleaning of the panes. In order to remove a cloth, it is only necessaryto spread the legs of the split clamping member 21 and pull the sameoutwardly from the head 12. The clamping member 20 being captivelyconnected to the handle 11 cannot be misplaced as the same is always inposition for securing the cloth in position upon the head.

Thus it will be seen that the wet and dry cloths are While I have shownand described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of myinvention, I wish it to be understood that such changes as come withinthe scope of the appended claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A window cleaning device comprising a resilient handle, a headcarried by said handle, said head including a pair of wire frames ofdifferent sizes but like shape joined by inwardly extending angularlybent connecting portions and disposed in substantial parallel relationover which a wiping cloth is adapted to be arranged, and a splitresilient clamping member for coaction with said angular connectingportions for securing a wiping cloth in clamped position upon said head.

2. A window cleaning device comprising a flexible handle, an enlargedhead carried by said handle, said head including a pair of wire framesof different sizes but like shape joined by inwardly extending angularlybent connecting portions and disposed in substantial parallel relationover which a Wiping cloth is adapted to be arranged, wire screeningcovering said head, and a split resilient clamping member for coactionwith said angular connecting portions for securing a wiping cloth inclamped position upon said head.

3. A window cleaning device comprising an elongated resilient handle, ahead carried by one end of said handle having a channel extending aroundthe side thereof, a split resilient wire clamping member for clampingengagement with the channel in said head, an eye formed in said wireclamping member, and a chain having one end fixedly connected to saideye and its other end fixedly connected to said handle for capitivelyconnecting said clamping member to said handle.

ANDE BOLLES HALSEY.

